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Bayfield woman teaches herd dog clinics at Ag Expo
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Bayfield woman teaches herd dog clinics at Ag Expo

March 20, 2017

The Bayfield veterinary technician was one of four clinicians at the expo who taught classes about animal care and training, but she was the only one from the Four Corners,…

When is new forecast really new?
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When is new forecast really new?

March 18, 2017

A cross-country skier glides on slushy snow on Brooklyn’s Livingston Street 2017, in New York.Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press But they didn’t change their forecasts because they said they didn’t want to…

Shriveling heat
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Shriveling heat

March 18, 2017

Global warming could cause some mammals to shrink in size

50,000-year-old microbes found in crystals in cave
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50,000-year-old microbes found in crystals in cave

February 24, 2017

Researcher Mario Corsalini stands near a gypsum rosette crystal that scientists believe contains microbes that could be 50,000 years old. The microbes were found dormant inside caves in Naica, Mexico.Mike…

Weak La Niña fades away after just four months
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Weak La Niña fades away after just four months

February 10, 2017

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday pronounced the current La Niña event, a cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather worldwide, over as of January.Nathan Denette/The…

Big gulp
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Big gulp

February 10, 2017

This black hole is taking its time to devour distance star

Primates may be facing extinction
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Primates may be facing extinction

January 27, 2017

FILE – In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo, Tsunami, an eleven year old female Sumatran Orangutan eats fruit during her birthday celebration at the National Zoo Ape Center in…

Scientists think moon formed from many moons
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Scientists think moon formed from many moons

January 15, 2017

Israeli are suggesting that Earth’s moon may have been formed by collisions of lots of mini-moons that once circled the planet.Charlie Riedel/Associated Press file Rather than one giant impact that…